Col. George Johnson, the superintendent of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, said life jackets save lives.

"I can easily say 50 percent of the drownings that we've handled this year could have been prevented if they had been wearing a life jacket," Johnson said.

The program is called the Life Jacket Loaner Program. Now there are 350 life jackets available at five stands -- two at Sandy Point State Park, two at the Annapolis City dock and one at Truxton Park.

"It's actually pretty easy. A boater walks up to the stand and can just take the life jacket for the day. It's no questions asked. They don’t have to fill out any paperwork. And then at the end of their day, they bring it back and put it back on the stand for the next person to borrow," said Gail Kulp, with the Sea Tow Foundation. "Since 2008, the Sea Tow Foundation has made 22,000 life jackets available to boaters nationwide in over 215 life-jacket loaner stands."

The life jackets are for everyone, whether you're boating, fishing or you want to wear one while swimming.

"Our mission is corporate social responsibility and safety on the water; designating sober skipper. You know, we want you to be safe out there," said Cassie Mabery, with Katcef Companies.

It's all about trying to save lives.

"For us to be able to team up with the private sector, along with the public sector to handle these problems -- we're suffering many drownings because people do not wear their life jackets," Johnson said.

Water assistance company Sea Tow, the Sea Tow Foundation, Katcef Brothers and Anheuser-Busch are sponsoring the stands. The organizations joined together in May to form the Annapolis Boating Safety Partnership.